- Community of interest
- Industrial Technologies & Agriculture
- Award
- Certificate
- Program code
- ARCHDRAFTMODEL.CC
- Department
- ITEX Skill Builders
- CIP code
- 15.1301: Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General.
- TOP code
- 0953.00 - Drafting Technology*
Program detailsAward, code, department, CIP/TOP
Program Snapshot
- Community of interest
- ITAG Industrial Technologies & Agriculture
- Award
- Certificate
- Program code
- ARCHDRAFTMODEL.CC
- Department
- ITEX Skill Builders
- CIP code
- 15.1301: Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General.
- TOP code
- 0953.00 - Drafting Technology*
Next Steps
Certificate — expand to learn about this award
A short-cycle credential built around a specific skill or job role. Useful as an entry point to a field, a step toward a larger credential, or a way to round out an existing degree.
Financial aid note. Courses taken solely to complete a Certificate of Completion are not eligible for financial aid.
Semester-by-Semester Map
Term 1
Class Schedules
course details
Students will learn to read and interpret drawings and specifications used in construction and architectural applications. Topics include line types, views, dimensions, symbols, sketching, materials, specifications, and estimating. Students will use construction prints, drawings and specifications including residential and non-residential applications.
course details
This course introduces students to basic drafting concepts using both freehand sketching and AutoCAD, an industry-standard computer-aided drafting (CAD) application. It is intended for drafting majors, engineering majors, interior design majors and pre-architectural students. Topics include line and geometric shape development, freehand sketching, basic AutoCAD commands, text commands, file management, orthographic and pictorial projection, dimensioning, sectioning, auxiliaries, and architectural drawings using sketching and a two-dimensional (2D) drafting application. Document reproduction, printing and plotting will be introduced and practiced.
Term 2
Class Schedules
course details
This is a computer-based drafting course that introduces the student to architectural drafting applications. Building on basic drafting concepts learned previously, this course will introduce residential design concepts including floor plans, foundation plans and details, elevations, framing and section plans, mechanical, electrical and plumbing plans and engineering site plans. Students will also be introduced to three-dimensional (3D) architectural modeling. Students will prepare a plan set including coversheet, site plan, floor plan, electrical plan, elevations, building section and construction details using AutoCAD.
course details
In this computer-based course, students will be introduced to Revit, a three-dimensional (3D) modeling for architecture and Building Information Modeling (BIM). Topics will cover architectural modeling and design with BIM tools for parametric design and documentation. The focus of the course is on residential architecture and covers the initiation of a design, the development of a design and production of a presentation and sheet set for a design.
Career Connections
2-Year Degree Paths
Entry points students may pursue after associate-level study, technical preparation, or licensure pathways.
No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset point cleanly to an immediate 2-year outcome for this program.
4-Year Degree Paths
Roles that more often open up after transfer and a bachelor's degree.
Example roles: 4
- Mechanical Drafters
- Electrical and Electronics Drafters
- Drafters, All Other
Graduate School Paths
Advanced roles commonly associated with graduate, professional, or post-baccalaureate study.
No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset are grouped into the graduate-school pathway for this program.
Local Job Market
Mechanical DraftersSOC 17-30132 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- EMCOR Group Inc 1
- Manpower Temporary Services 1
Where the postings are
- Bryte, Yolo County 1
- Lemmon Valley, Washoe County 1
Sample current postings
Electrical and Electronics DraftersSOC 17-3012no nearby openings indexed
No nearby openings matched any of: electrical and electronics drafter, electronics drafter. Browse this occupation on Adzuna for postings outside the mapped keyword set.
Drafters, All OtherSOC 17-301934 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- PG&E Corporation 4
- PG&E Corporation Careers 3
- Actalent 1
- ENTRUST Solutions Group 1
- Gpac 1
Where the postings are
- Bryte, Yolo County 3
- West Sacramento, Yolo County 3
- Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County 2
- Reno, Washoe County 2
- Elk Grove, Sacramento County 1
Sample current postings
Architectural and Civil DraftersSOC 17-30111 nearby opening
Top employers in sample
- SAFEbuilt 1
Where the postings are
- Elk Grove, Sacramento County 1
Sample current postings
Posting counts come from Adzuna's index of US job boards, covering the last up to 90 days within up to 100 miles of ZIP 95965. Coverage and salary visibility vary by employer. Empty searches expand the radius and posting window before the section gives up.
Source Notes
Course sequencing is generated from the Acadia Program Mapper cache. Career groupings use local CIP-to-SOC mappings and BLS occupation data when available. Confirm education plans with Counseling and Advising.
Live wage data was not available from the BLS helper for the mapped occupations, so some pay fields may be blank.
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